Winners announced in CYC Race to Mackinac

by Chicago Yacht Club on 18 Jul 2007 There are four overall winners for the 2007 Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac representing top honors in each of the four divisions: Chicago –Mackinac Trophy Division, Mackinac Cup Division, Multihull Division, and new this year, the Cruising Division. There are also 17 'first in section' winners.

Overall winner of the Chicago-Mackinac Trophy Division, is Windquest, a MaxZ86 owned by Doug DeVos of Grand Rapids, Mich. The also receive honors as the first monohull to finish and First Place in Section 1.

First Place in the Mackinac Cup Division is Vytis, a J105 owned by Tomas and Gytis Petkus of Chicago, Ill. Vytis was also first in the J105 Section.

First Place in the Multihull Division is Gamera. This is the second year in a row Gamera won the multihull race. Gamera is owned by Matt Scharl of Chicago, Ill.

And finally in the Cruising Division, Mist, owned by Daniel Koules of Glenview, Ill., is currently in first place. However, at the time of this release, the fleet is still finishing the race and it is possible that a boat may still correct over the current top standings. There are still about 30 boats who are still making their way to the finish. Here's hoping there's a little Mount Gay Rum left on the island for them.

Congratulations Racers. Full results at http://www.chicagoyachtclub.org/racetomackinac/results-overall.cfm

We look forward to the 100th running of the Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac next year on July 19, 2008.

www.chicagoyachtclub.org/racetomackinac